In this way, Zhao Mai had a "hukou" in Nebo Town and became a "head and face" character. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info but for the time being, he still lives in a room in a fireplace tavern, and does not plan to rent or buy a house in the town.

After calculating the daily expenses, if he didn't make money at all, the seventy gold coins would be spent in a month, and Zhao Mai would become destitute at that time, which made him feel a little incredible. The farmers in Nebo Town can't earn so much money in a busy year, why do they spend it so quickly?

After calming down and thinking carefully, and making a list of all the expenses for comparison, he understood the mystery. Excluding houses, servants, and food, Zhao Mai only needed two or three gold coins a month. Add to this the fact that many farmers weave their own clothes, so less money is needed. In a self-sufficient smallholder economy, land is the greatest capital.

With land, you can grow food to feed yourself, and you can build a house on it to shelter from the wind and rain. You can raise your own meat, you can weave your own clothes, and even birth, old age, sickness and death are worried about Falesma, the goddess of life. Although there were lords from above, some of the laws were strict, and some of them were changing, the landowners were indeed living for themselves. It has always been Zhao Mai's dream to have his own land and build his own home, and it is no wonder that he is eager to see if he can get a piece of land here.

"It's basically impossible if you're alone. "Far from the town, there's unowned land. Although they were nominally owned by the various lords, they did not care because there was no one to grow or pay taxes, and the lords had no income. Whichever piece you like, as long as you can open it up and pay the tax, then no one will touch your land. ”

"Why are so few people doing it?"

"It's too dangerous. Green moved a chair and sat down at the table, motioned for Zhao Mai to sit down as well, and the two of them had a good talk. "The beast is the first difficulty, but an experienced farmer can handle it. The more annoying are goblins, kobolds and the like, which move in groups, and many villages are destroyed by them before they can reach a large scale. If you run into orcs or gnolls, they have a good military organization, and ordinary adventurers will be defeated, so you can only rely on the lord's army. Most of the time, they can only be driven away, and encirclement and annihilation are isolated cases. You know, the lords also need to control their battle damage. ”

"Why don't you use regular military patrols to stop orcs or something?"

"Because there are more dangers. Magical beasts, monsters, undead spirits, and dragons are not afraid of armies. In these situations, the adventurer's strength is more trustworthy. Of course, they can only deal with one or two that appear alone. The apex forces are still a few professional unions, plus temples. Nebo is connected to the Druid community, otherwise how could it have grown to such a size?"

No matter what civilization it is, it has its own unique survival skills, which Zhao Mai gradually realized. He spent more than a week doing nothing, just dragging Green to chat and reinforce his lingua franca. If not, how could he understand such a complex introduction?

"You should have overpaid me. Hiring a professional language instructor is more expensive than a servant, and I've been talking so much these days that I've gotten fat. Green picked up the ale again and gulped it down.

"That won't work, let's change to drinking water, shall we?" Zhao Mai said jokingly.

Green smiled and stopped complaining. These ale wines are all bought with Zhao Mai's real money, as long as you don't get drunk, you can moisten your mouth casually. He's a drinker himself, and he can't ask for it. Besides, there is always someone to talk to while drinking, no matter what the topic is, as long as the lingua franca is spoken slowly and the vocabulary is as ordinary as possible.

This is simply the most comfortable job, how can Green be dissatisfied?

Zhao Mai is also very satisfied. Through Green's description, he connects those things that were originally on paper with the living world, and gradually forms a flesh-and-blood image.

The price of flesh and blood is no money. "Green, is there any way to sell some goods safely and without being traced?"

Green paused for a moment, put down his glass, licked his lips, and said, "If it's the first day of meeting, I'd suggest you go to the Stake Grocery Store, they have a channel to contact the thieves' union in the south, maybe they can fulfill your wishes." But for now, I would advise you not to do that. ”

"Is it because you think I'm a good person?"

"Bah, I think you're too weak. Green shook his head: "Don't look at the weapons and armor you have, but if you really count it, your combat effectiveness is very worrying, and most of the apprentices can defeat you." Your only advantage is that you're smarter than them, and you may be better at playing on the spot, but that's not consistent, and against cautious opponents, your cleverness won't be of much use. ”

"You're right, I'll admit that it's not good for me to fight. But how do you tell I'm smart?"

Of course, in terms of the speed of learning the language and the terrible knowledge. Green didn't say it, and skipped the topic directly: "Just to be on the safe side, you probably won't tell me what you're going to sell, and you'll only take it out when you get to the stake grocery store." Originally, I didn't mind this form, I always got a commission anyway. But I'm worried now that you're going to come up with something awesome, and then you're going to be targeted by the thieves' guild, and you're pretty much dead. ”

"Thank you for your concern. Any suggestions?"

"Let's go through the guild channel and use the contract of Nebo Town to protect yourself. I can help you contact the merchant and write the confidentiality and other information into the deed and hand it over to the guild for safekeeping. The cost may be higher, but the security is much higher than contacting the Thieves' Guild. I think that's what you care more about. ”

"Let me think about it. Zhao Mai nodded.

He is not a hairy boy, so naturally he will not just listen to one side. He felt that his lingua franca was more than enough for most situations, and he prepared to make a trip to the guild. He signed the contract with Green in the guild before, so he knew where the guild was, and he also knew that there were people there who specialized in explaining the guild's procedures. The cost of explaining two gold coins is a lot of money for ordinary people, but Zhao Mai thinks that the cost is worth it.

Now he can probably understand what the people around him are talking about, and he can also greet people with local formal etiquette without making a fool of himself. He could even tell which were real beggars and which were spies from the Southern Thieves' Guild. Green had complained that the thieves' guild from Nidale in the South was trying to reach north. The Shadow Council (Nidal's ruling body) is not very strong militarily, but it spares no effort to support the expansion of the internal organization, and I don't know what to do.

Whether it was a real beggar or a fake beggar, Zhao Mai put a copper plate in their small basin, anyway, he had distinguished all the money, and none of it was a fate gold coin. In the Healthy Jungle, coins are a rarity, and Gold of Destiny is useless. But when you come to a trade-type town, in order to be able to find other Destiny Coins, you naturally have to carry the previous one with you.

I found a craftsman to create a pendant, inlaid the gold coin into it, and then wore it close to the body. Zhao Mai hoped that it would be able to sense other gold coins as soon as possible, so that it would be able to grasp greater freedom by shuttling between the two worlds.

"Boy, can you come over and talk?" Walking on the street, Zhao Mai actually heard Chinese.

I turned my head to look, but I didn't notice anyone talking to me. He looked at the stockpiles and saw that the puppy was staring straight at a black cat on the side of the road, purring in his throat and showing some wariness.

"Tianyutong, remember?" the cat beckoned, acting like a common beckoning cat in a store. Then, it turned around and slipped under the crack in the door into a storefront.

Looking up at the signboard, it sells a variety of vegetables and flowers. Could it be the shop opened by the druids? Zhao Mai scratched his head, picked up the reserve grain and walked in.